You bet. It unfortunately will be a while before I work through a Quantum Mechanics book, which is in my long term plan, but Quantum Mecahnics is blessed with a great selection of books.
Great video cool getting more of your story. I agree that Jackson could be considered the physics version of Rudin in that it's tough maybe tougher than it needs to be and a right of passage.
Yeah, Jackson has a good chunk that is really well done and useful, and then like a third of the book and almost all of the problems are "gotcha, I bet you didn't figure out the trick" type of problems that teach you next to nothing about the subject.
I am waiting to make a third video based on what I know I have left to say plus any additional questions I get in the comments to the first two videos.
If you can believe it, we didn't have one. One of these days I would love to have the time to read one. I only remember learning a lot about the N body problem, but I retained next to nothing from that course! Statistical Mechanics by R.K. Pathria, Paul D. Beale Is Pathria and Beale a book you would recommend?
@@mathematicaladventures I can most certainly believe it. If you were in grad school in the late 80's, the fad at that time was for faculty to teach from their notes! I had Pathria when it was just Pathria without Beale. If someone is interested in easing into the subject, I don't think it's ideal. "States of Matter" by Goodstein might be better.
Thanks for that. I do have a fantastic thermodynamics book: (I went to look at it for the first time in like twenty years and it actually is a stat mech book!) Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics by Claude Garrod. I know I read from it from marks in the table of contents. Latter half of the book is problems with worked out answers. I got rid of dozens of physics books and I know why I kept this one: not many good thermo or stat mech books when I was in physics, maybe even today?
Yeah, that was the key, and according to one of the department secretaries, he was one of two she knew had a family life out of a department of 50 or so. Sad, right?
Thanks for sharing your experience. Can you also please share why you moved away from Physics to Maths? Does your current job involves more usage of Maths? Also, would love to know how did you identify that your interest lied in Quantum Field theory. For me sometimes its hard to make choice between different subjects in Maths, like I like Abstract Algebra on same level as Analysis, although AA comes more natural to me given my background in programming. If you have already answered these in other videos, please share the link.
Thanks! I left Physics for a career in Information Technology because it's a field with a steady job. Mathematics is what I would like to do during retirement. Right now I am thinking of it as a hobby. About QFT: I wanted to understand physics at it's smallest scale, and that happens to be the Standard Model, as best explained by QFT. Specialization is a natural aspect of a learning progression for me. Same as it happened with QFT, I expect at some point that there will be an area of Mathematics that will capture my imagination. It may happen to you as well at some point.
@@mathematicaladventures Thanks for the reply. Coincidentally, I am too in IT for the same reason. Picked up Maths just for understanding theory for ML, but then somehow got hooked to Maths itself, especially Analysis and AA. It's quite tough to find time on side, but I am hoping to move into it full time in future If that's not possible, will park it for the retirement. Looking forward to you future journey as well, and wish you all the best.
Making time is not easy, and this is why I got started only as I am within four years of when I can retire. Wish you the best as well. I hope you find a lot of time for it.
Hello Antonio Rubeira from University of Florida .... Goldstein's third edition is the latest one and it has two co-authors Safko and Poole... Goldstein might have already died
I am not surprised that Goldstein passed away. Makes sense they gave the book to two new authors. Out of curiosity, how did you get my info? For some reason my thesis is not as easy to find as it used to be.
@@mathematicaladventures I'm your old janitor at the University. I distinctly remember your voice from 25 years ago. But , I also take a look at books like Goldstein in my spare time a la that film 'Good will something' .
If it's the first time I cover, say, Real Analysis, I read the whole book and all appendices and attempt most of the problems. For the easier books, I attempt over 75% of the problems, and for the harder ones, it's closer to 50%. I have described my method in this video: How I Organize and Plan my Work th-cam.com/video/vQzfBNxcaaQ/w-d-xo.html I have also given an update that shows you what I have covered: 3 Year Channel Update th-cam.com/video/JNoLC6GC_Vg/w-d-xo.html
@@mathematicaladventures I started a few months ago. First, I'm going to solidify my foundations in basic mathematics, then move on to Calculus, Linear Algebra and Physics... I'm using books to learn the theory and some videos on specific subjects. I also use some exercises from math olympiads as a way of challenging myself and spend some time on more complicated problems, trying to learn the techniques to solve them. Thanks for the answer, I'll watch the other videos you suggested...
Very cool books and interesting story! Thanks for the videos.
Thanks!
Thanks For the Book recommendations
You bet. It unfortunately will be a while before I work through a Quantum Mechanics book, which is in my long term plan, but Quantum Mecahnics is blessed with a great selection of books.
Great video cool getting more of your story. I agree that Jackson could be considered the physics version of Rudin in that it's tough maybe tougher than it needs to be and a right of passage.
Yeah, Jackson has a good chunk that is really well done and useful, and then like a third of the book and almost all of the problems are "gotcha, I bet you didn't figure out the trick" type of problems that teach you next to nothing about the subject.
Interesting to hear someone's experience.
thanks!
Nice video. I would like to hear more about your graduate physics experience.
I am waiting to make a third video based on what I know I have left to say plus any additional questions I get in the comments to the first two videos.
What was your stat mech text? Around the time you started, Pathria was used many places.
If you can believe it, we didn't have one. One of these days I would love to have the time to read one. I only remember learning a lot about the N body problem, but I retained next to nothing from that course!
Statistical Mechanics by R.K. Pathria, Paul D. Beale
Is Pathria and Beale a book you would recommend?
@@mathematicaladventures I can most certainly believe it. If you were in grad school in the late 80's, the fad at that time was for faculty to teach from their notes!
I had Pathria when it was just Pathria without Beale. If someone is interested in easing into the subject, I don't think it's ideal. "States of Matter" by Goodstein might be better.
Thanks for that. I do have a fantastic thermodynamics book: (I went to look at it for the first time in like twenty years and it actually is a stat mech book!) Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics by Claude Garrod. I know I read from it from marks in the table of contents. Latter half of the book is problems with worked out answers. I got rid of dozens of physics books and I know why I kept this one: not many good thermo or stat mech books when I was in physics, maybe even today?
Great books! I have a newer edition of Goldstein.
nice!
a phd advisor that has a family life...
Yeah, that was the key, and according to one of the department secretaries, he was one of two she knew had a family life out of a department of 50 or so. Sad, right?
Thanks for sharing your experience. Can you also please share why you moved away from Physics to Maths? Does your current job involves more usage of Maths? Also, would love to know how did you identify that your interest lied in Quantum Field theory. For me sometimes its hard to make choice between different subjects in Maths, like I like Abstract Algebra on same level as Analysis, although AA comes more natural to me given my background in programming.
If you have already answered these in other videos, please share the link.
Thanks! I left Physics for a career in Information Technology because it's a field with a steady job. Mathematics is what I would like to do during retirement. Right now I am thinking of it as a hobby.
About QFT: I wanted to understand physics at it's smallest scale, and that happens to be the Standard Model, as best explained by QFT. Specialization is a natural aspect of a learning progression for me. Same as it happened with QFT, I expect at some point that there will be an area of Mathematics that will capture my imagination. It may happen to you as well at some point.
@@mathematicaladventures Thanks for the reply. Coincidentally, I am too in IT for the same reason. Picked up Maths just for understanding theory for ML, but then somehow got hooked to Maths itself, especially Analysis and AA.
It's quite tough to find time on side, but I am hoping to move into it full time in future If that's not possible, will park it for the retirement.
Looking forward to you future journey as well, and wish you all the best.
Making time is not easy, and this is why I got started only as I am within four years of when I can retire. Wish you the best as well. I hope you find a lot of time for it.
Hello Antonio Rubeira from University of Florida ....
Goldstein's third edition is the latest one and it has two co-authors Safko and Poole... Goldstein might have already died
I am not surprised that Goldstein passed away. Makes sense they gave the book to two new authors. Out of curiosity, how did you get my info? For some reason my thesis is not as easy to find as it used to be.
@@mathematicaladventures I'm your old janitor at the University. I distinctly remember your voice from 25 years ago. But , I also take a look at books like Goldstein in my spare time a la that film 'Good will something' .
That's great! Nice to hear from you! I am so glad to see that you are into physics. Were you in the old physics building or the new one?
@@mathematicaladventures I was just kidding. I'm not a janitor , I am just a subscriber of your channel and like your videos.
@@mathematicaladventures You gave out your name and University while flipping the first page of the Sakurai book.
You´are solving this books for hobby?
How is your approach, you do it from cover to cover or you choose randomly de problems?
If it's the first time I cover, say, Real Analysis, I read the whole book and all appendices and attempt most of the problems. For the easier books, I attempt over 75% of the problems, and for the harder ones, it's closer to 50%.
I have described my method in this video:
How I Organize and Plan my Work
th-cam.com/video/vQzfBNxcaaQ/w-d-xo.html
I have also given an update that shows you what I have covered:
3 Year Channel Update
th-cam.com/video/JNoLC6GC_Vg/w-d-xo.html
@@mathematicaladventures I started a few months ago. First, I'm going to solidify my foundations in basic mathematics, then move on to Calculus, Linear Algebra and Physics...
I'm using books to learn the theory and some videos on specific subjects. I also use some exercises from math olympiads as a way of challenging myself and spend some time on more complicated problems, trying to learn the techniques to solve them.
Thanks for the answer, I'll watch the other videos you suggested...
I am sure you are going to have a lot of fun!